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 MACEDONIA

Legislative elections: Assembly, 4-year term, party-list proportional representation system
           · President: Gjorge Ivanov · Prime Minister: Nikola Gruevski (VMRO-DPMNE) · Government: VMRO-DPMNE, BDI

Party Ideology, Affiliation, Founding 2011 Seats 2008 Seats
Demokratska Partija za Makedonsko Nacionalno Edinstvo (VMRO-DPMNE)
Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity
Conservatism; Christian democracy  EPPo, IDU
1990
(hist. 1893)
39,0% 56 48,8% 63
Socijaldemokratski Sojuz na Makedonija (SDSM)
Social Democratic Union of Macedonia
Social democracy; Third Way  PESa, SIo
1943
32,8% 42 23,6% 27
Bashkimi Demokratik pėr Integrim (BDI)
Democratic Union for Integration
Albanian minority
politics
-
2001
10,2% 15 12,8% 18
Partia Demokratike Shqiptare (PDSH)
Democratic Party of the Albanians
Albanian minority
politics
; Conservatism
-
1997
5,9% 8 8,3% 11
Rilindja Demokratike Kombėtare (RDK)
National Democratic Revival
Albanian minority
politics
; Conservatism
-
2011
2,7% 2 - -
Partija za Evropska Idnina (PEI)
Party for European Future
(affiliated to SDSM in 2011)
Centrism; Pomak minority politics -
2005
- - 1,5% 1
Others - - 9,4% - 5,0% -
Total - -    123 - 120
Turnout  63,4% 57,1%

  © 2011 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: SEC (http://www.sec.mk). Archive: Elections 1990-2006.